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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

HEINRICH TRAUN, OF HAMBURG, GERMANY.

COMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,460, dated July 21,1896.

Application filed December 23, 1895. Serial No. 573,086. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HEINRICH TEAUN,a subj ect of the King of Prussia,Emperor of Germany, residing at Hamburg, in the Empire of Germany, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Combs, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in or relating to combs; and itconsists in a device for protecting the teeth of the comb. This deviceis formed by a bow which is rotatable and arranged on the comb in such amanner that when placed in one position it allows of the free use of thecomb, while placed in another position the teeth are protected againsthooking in and breaking when the comb is put into a case, box, or thelike.

, The improvement is shown in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 represents the comb with the bow in the position ready for use.Fig. 2 shows the bow in its protecting position.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the arrangement is made insucha manner that a bow A, having'the shape of the comb-back B and beinga little larger than the latter, is secured to the two end teeth B and Bof the comb, so that it can be turned on the pins 0 and C 2'. e., roundthe longitudinal axis of the comb. To the side branches A and A of thebow or to the teethB and B of the comb are fixed small buttons E and Ewhich, when the bow is in the position shown in Fig. 1, as well as inthat shown in Fig. 2, engage into corresponding notches arranged in theopposite teeth or branches and hold fast thereby, in combination withthe elas ticity of the bow, the latter in its corresponding position. Todisengage the bow, it is sufficient to apply a strong pressure by hand.In general the hold is sufficiently strong to retain the bow in itsposition for use as well as in its protecting position.

In manufacturing the comb it is advantageous to give the comb a largerback than usually is the case and to separate the bow from the comb bycutting it off with a special cutter.

The comb and the protecting-bow are manufactured thereforeadvantageously by one sole pressure; but this is, of course, notabsolutely necessary, and the protecting-band may also be madeseparately from the comb.

The essential feature of the improvement is that the comb has aprotecting-band of a form adapted completely and exactly to the shape ofthe comb and lying, as long as the comb is used, above the back of thelatter, while for protecting the teeth it is turned through one hundredand eighty degrees.

The protecting-bow can be applied to any kind of combs,such asdressing-combs,pocketcombs, dandruff-combs, and the like, and it is notlimited to any determined shape or size of the comb. In addition to theprotection aiforded to the teeth the bow is also of excellent use inwashing and cleaning the comb, where it is turned through ninetydegrees, holds the comb clear oif from its support, and permits a quickdrying of the same.

I claim 1. A comb having a back and teeth project ing from the back, theteeth being approximately rigid with the back, a bow pivoted to the endteeth and swinging on an axis longitudinal with the comb, and means forlockin g the bow on the comb, the means consisting of a tooth carried byone part and adapted to enter a notch in the opposite part,substantially as described.

2. A comb having a back and teeth projeotcapable of swinging on suchaxes so that the first-named part of the bow will lie directly adjacentto the back or at the outer ends of the teeth, substantially asdescribed.

3. As anew article of manufacture, a comb, a guard-bow and pivotedconnections between the comb and bow, the comb having pivotal movementon its longitudinal axis within the bow on such connections,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HEINRICH TRAUN.

Witnesses:

HERMANN CoLrE, FRITZ GUNDELAOH,

